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horse chestnut

horse chest·nut (plural horse chest·nuts)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. seed: a large shiny brown inedible seed with a fleshy, sometimes spiny husk.
See also  conker


2. tree: a large tree that has compound leaves, conical flower clusters, and sticky winter buds, and produces horse chestnuts. Native to: northern hemisphere.  Genus Aesculus.

3. wood: the soft wood of the horse chestnut tree

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